The GPS tracking device was put into a briefcase and sent away with the DHL transportation company which flew it around the world using travel instructions given to them by the artist. It took them 55 days to finish the route and deliver the tracking device to the artist who downloaded the date to his computer to create the drawing from it.

The drawing was created in one stroke that passed six continents and 62 countries and a total length of 110664 kilometers.

The artist created several Youtube videos and published proof of what he did accomplish by posting pictures of the GPS device and the delivery notes as well as two Youtube videos detailing several aspects of the project. What can I say, it’s interesting if you like it or not. Maybe a new art form, GPS art was created. What do you think ?

Update: The web page is not longer available.

The tool isn’t too complicated, you can see an isometric world with the ability to drop various colored cubes into the field. You can also delete cubes, replay the animation (showing the design in progress, and you can save the art. Not a whole lot to it, but very effective. In fact, the only thing I was missing was a tool to create objects, or strands of cubes, it would be so much easier to create big shapes this way. The editor features some cool building animations like when you put down a cube, or when you delete it. Not very useful, but nevertheless cool.

On the main page there is also a nice gallery of recent and popular art and you can see that some people are really talented. While browsing through, you can even click and view their animations, although it’s a shame you can’t edit and save for yourself. If you have some designer veins in you, take a look at Cubespace, it’s a fun tool!

It is possible to create a wide variety of images. The website hosts a so called gallery forum where artists show off their work and some looks very impressive. They also offer a tutorial about creating the cartoon figure in the left picture. I like it, will show it to my nephew who is four years and I bet he will enjoy playing with it.

He then races along the lines that you have been drawing to finally meet the end of a line or fall of the slade. Line Rider had a big community who liked the challenge and created some stunning works with the tools at hand. The biggest problem with the old version was the missing eraser, if you made a mistake you had to start all over again, no second chance.

The new version of LineRider adds an eraser, an accelerator to speed up the slade, a zoom function and a reverse line option. Take a look at the movies section on the new Linerider website to get an impression of what can be done using those simple tools. My old article had some videos as well in it.